Printing column headers with csvkit
There are many ways to preview the data within csvkit
alone(e.g. csvlook
, csvstat
, etc). However, if all we want is to find the position and name of the columns in our data, it is easier to simply print a string of column headers. Let's print the column headers for the data file Spotify_MusicAttributes.csv
.
This exercise is part of the course
Data Processing in Shell
Exercise instructions
- Print in console a list of column headers in the data file
Spotify_MusicAttributes.csv
using acsvkit
command.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Check to confirm name and location of data file
ls
# Print a list of column headers in data file
___ ___ Spotify_MusicAttributes.csv